Metallic railway-tie and rail-fastening.



' PATENTED AUG. 11, 1908. J. A. STOOPS. METALLIC RAILWAY TIE AND RAIL FASTENING.

APPLIGATION FILED APR. 14, 1908.

INVENTOR JOHN A. sTooPs-,'oF onrcoaA, PENNSYL ANIA.

METALLIC RAILWAY-TIE AND RAIL-FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedAug. 11, 1908.

Application filed April 14, 1908. Serial No. 427,037.

h To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN A. S'rooPs, of Chicora, Butler county, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Metallic Railway- Tieand Rail-Fastening, of-which the following is a full, clear,"and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying draw- -ings,- forming partof this specification, in

which I Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a ortion of a railway track constructed of my improved ties; Fig. 2 is a side view of the I same showing the ties in'end elevation; Fi

3 is a similar view showing a.modification of the fastening; Fig. 4 is a sectional View on the line IVIV of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a lan view showing the fastening as in Fig. 3; i 6 is a detail sectional view showing'a modification in the form of the tie; and Fig. 7 is a erspective view of the adjustable clip or u iiiy invention has relation to metallic railway ties and fastenings therefor, and is designed to provide a tie which shall have a bearing in the ballast of the road-bed in such a manner as to prevent creeping of the tieeither longitudinally or endwise; which'can be furnishedat a comparatively low cost; which will possess the requisite amount of resiliency; and to which the rails may be easily and securely fastened.

of pipe or tubing are abutted side by side, be-

ing preferably flattened at their abutting I portions as indicated at 3 and secured to each other by bolts 3 or other suitable means.

The intermediate portions between therails;

are 'separated from each other to form an opening 4 between them.

i The traclerails 5 are seated upon plates 6 which rest upon the upper surfaces of the ties,

having preferably concaved seats 7 to fit the. convex surfaces of the ties.

These plates are also preferably formed with longitudinal grooves or depressions 8, in which the rail bases are seated, and in which the rails are secured by means of spike-headed bolts 9. These bolts-9 have ordinary spike heads and extend through the plates 6 being secured at the under sides thereof by the nuts 10. T he rails are also further held by means of the clips or lugsll, which are bolted or otherwise secured to the plates, slotted bolt holes 11 being provided to permit adjustment. One or more of these clips or lugs may be provided for each plate, and any desired number of the spikes maybe employed at each tie.

In the form of my invention shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4, the lates 6 are secured to the ties by means of t e U-bolts 12 which extend around underneath the ties, and whose upper ends are secured by the nuts 13. The U-bolts also engage the convex washers 14, which are placed at the under side of the tie and which are preferably grooved to receive these bolts. Instead of using U-bolts I may, however, use ordinary. straight bolts as shown in Figs. 3 and 5.

It will be obvious that any suitable stop means may be secured to the end portions of the ties, if desired, for the purpose of assisting the bolts in holding the tie-seating plates om endwise movement on the ties.

Byreason of the separation of the two members of which these ties are composed at their intermediate portions, the ballast is allowed to extend upwardly not only between adjacent ties but between the members of each tie, thereby securely holding them from creeping either endwise or lon itudinally of the track. The hollow form 0 the sections of which the ties are composed not only reduces their weight and the amount of metal required for their construction, but it also gives the ties an element of resiliency which 7 is of advant e.

What I claim is:

1. A metallic railway tie composed of two hollow sections having their end portions abutted and their central ortions spread from each other; substantia y as described. 2. A metallic railway tie composed of two pipe sections having flattened abutted end portions and separated intermediate portions; substantia ly as described.

3. A rail tie composed of two hollow pipe sections or members which are separated from each other between the track rails, but

whose end portions extending underneath and outside of the track rails are abutted and p secured to each other; Substantially as described.

seat for the base flan es of the rai holding devices carried by sai plate for engaging the rail; and bolts securing the plates to the ties; substantially asldescrlbed.

Q 5. The combination with a railway tie, consisting of two hollowf pipe sections having teases abutted end portions, of a rail-seating 'olate seated upon said ties and fitted thereto, bolts securing said plates to the ties, and rail-en-L gaging means carried by said lates, arranged to engage the base flange o the rail; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set 

